Glove-fastening



(No Model.)

W. S. RICHARDSON.

GLOVE FASTENING. No. 383,074. Patented May 15, 1888.

UNITED STATES PATENT EEIcE.

WILLIAM S. RICHARDSON, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

GLOVE-FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 383,074, dated May 15, 1888.

Application filed January 23, 1888. Serial No. 261,649. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that l, WILLIAM S. RIOHARD- son, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, a citizen of the United States, have invented a new and useful Im' provement in Fasteniugs for Gloves and other Articles, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in explaining its nature.

In the drawings, Figure 1 isaview in plan, and Fig. 2 in vertical section, of the dome or button-top of the fastening. Figs. 3 and 4 show in plan and section the blank from which the jaw-plate is made. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the complete jaw-plate. Fig. 6 is a plan, and Fig. 7 a section, of the stay-piece. Fig. 8 is a plan, and Fig. 9 a section, of the under washer. Figs. 10 and .11 represent the ball member of the fastening. Fig. 12 shows the parts of the fastening assembled together and secured to the material. Fig. 13 represents the position of the ball member in relation to the other member of the fastening when the two members are together. Fig. 14 is a view illustrating a slight modification.

Referring to the drawings. A represents the dome or button-top, and B ajaw-plate of peculiar construction, in that it is flat, and has the opening I) at its center, the jaws b, having a lateral movement toward and from each other provided them by means of the slits I) b, one of which (the slit b extends but a short dis tance from thejaw opening, and the other of which extends from the opening to the outer edge of the plate. The plate has also formed integral with it the fastening prongs or arms b There may also be used in connection with this jaw-plate a stay piecaC, to sustain it relatively to the top of the dome or button-top. The parts are secured together by bending or turning the edge or sections of the edge of the dome or button-top upon the under surface of thejaw-plate; but the union between the jawplate and the dome should be of a somewhat loose character, in order that the parts b of the jaw-plates may be movable laterally in relation to each other to permit the jaw-opening to be varied in size.

The fastening is secured in place by passing the prongs through the material and washer and turning over the ends upon a washer placed on the opposite side thereof. There is of course a hole formed in the material in line with the jaw-opening.

In Fig. 14 the under washer is represented as provided with a projecting sleeve of asufficient size to form a lining or eyelet for the hole made in the material. The jaws may be upon the same plane with the remainder of the plate upon which they are made; or they may extend downward therefronnas represented in Fig. 12.

In use the fastening is placed over the ball member A and pressed downward thereon, causing the jaws b to yield and receive and hold it.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States 1.. A fastening for gloves and other articles, comprising a dome or button-top, A,and aflat jaw-plate, B, having the jaw-opening b and slit b extending from it to the outer edge of the plate, and the fastening prongs or projections 12*, the edge of the jaw-plate being connected with the edge of the dome or button-top in a manner to permit of a slight movement thereof relatively to it, substantially as described.

2. The combination, in a fastening for gloves and other articles, of the dome or buttontop A, the jaw-plate B, loosely connected at its edge with a dome or button-top, as described, having the opening I) and the slit b", extending from the opening to its outer edge, and prongs or extensions 1), for securing the fastening in place, and the stay-piece C, substantially as described.

XVILLIAM S. RICHARDSON. 

